diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e4c13b0a0f2..20671d46a4cd 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## NEXT
+## 2.12.0
 
+* Passes `backBufferDurationMs` from `VideoPlayerOptions` to the underlying platform interface.
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.38/Dart 3.10.
 
 ## 2.11.1
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
index b287a39fed24..cd5a110ec28d 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
     final creationOptions = platform_interface.VideoCreationOptions(
       dataSource: dataSourceDescription,
       viewType: viewType,
+      videoPlayerOptions: videoPlayerOptions,
     );
 
     if (videoPlayerOptions?.mixWithOthers != null) {
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
index c55f4e823c4e..fcadff731d35 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ description: Flutter plugin for displaying inline video with other Flutter
   widgets on Android, iOS, macOS and web.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.11.1
+version: 2.12.0
 
 environment:
-  sdk: ^3.10.0
-  flutter: ">=3.38.0"
+  sdk: ^3.12.0
+  flutter: ">=3.44.0"
 
 flutter:
   plugin:
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
   html: ^0.15.0
-  video_player_android: ^2.9.1
+  video_player_android: ^2.11.0
   video_player_avfoundation: ^2.9.0
-  video_player_platform_interface: ^6.6.0
+  video_player_platform_interface: ^6.9.0
   video_player_web: ^2.1.0
 
 dev_dependencies:
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_initialization_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_initialization_test.dart
index 4524e8aca167..470eb1f98199 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_initialization_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_initialization_test.dart
@@ -73,4 +73,22 @@ void main() {
       reason: 'view type must be passed to the platform',
     );
   });
+
+  test('back buffer duration is forwarded to platform', () async {
+    const expectedBackBufferDurationMs = 20000;
+
+    final controller = VideoPlayerController.networkUrl(
+      Uri.parse('https://127.0.0.1'),
+      videoPlayerOptions: VideoPlayerOptions(backBufferDurationMs: expectedBackBufferDurationMs),
+    );
+
+    await controller.initialize();
+
+    expect(
+      fakeVideoPlayerPlatform.videoPlayerOptions.last?.backBufferDurationMs,
+      expectedBackBufferDurationMs,
+      reason:
+          'backBufferDurationMs must be forwarded to the platform via VideoCreationOptions.videoPlayerOptions',
+    );
+  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
index 56cd402f1228..e662dd4f9b7c 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
@@ -1900,6 +1900,7 @@ class FakeVideoPlayerPlatform extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
   List<DataSource> dataSources = <DataSource>[];
   List<VideoViewType> viewTypes = <VideoViewType>[];
   final Map<int, StreamController<VideoEvent>> streams = <int, StreamController<VideoEvent>>{};
+  List<VideoPlayerOptions?> videoPlayerOptions = <VideoPlayerOptions?>[];
   bool forceInitError = false;
   int nextPlayerId = 0;
   final Map<int, Duration> _positions = <int, Duration>{};
@@ -1943,6 +1944,7 @@ class FakeVideoPlayerPlatform extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
     }
     dataSources.add(options.dataSource);
     viewTypes.add(options.viewType);
+    videoPlayerOptions.add(options.videoPlayerOptions);
     return nextPlayerId++;
   }